“…we conclude that changes in plant decomposition and [soil respiration] due to global temperatures primarily control global CO2 cycles.” − Nishioka, 2026
CO2 changes have been observed to lag temperature changes (warming) via soil respiration since 1979 (r = 0.74). The consistent uni-directionality is T→CO2.
Anthropogenic CO2 accounts for 4% of the carbon cycle and CO2 just 4% of greenhouse gases (i.e., 96% water vapor derivation).
Thus, “an increase in anthropogenic CO2 since the [1700s] has contributed too little to affecting the global CO2 concentration.”
Roy Clutz and I and a few other people, have been saying this same thing for a couple of years, using the comparison of the annual CO2 rate of change vs UAH temperatures.
My chart
https://i.ibb.co/SXS98WnD/UAH-Ocean-v-del-pa-CO2.jpg
Roy’s page.
https://rclutz.com/2024/07/11/mid-2024-more-proof-temp-changes-drive-co2-changes/
Good to see it come up in a peer-reviewed paper.
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untill industrial-based pollution is addressed rather than breathing temperate forests we’re not getting much further.